Simon Norfolk (born 1963) is a Nigerian-born British architectural and landscape photographer.[1][2] He has produced four photo book monographs of his work. His photographs are held in over a dozen public museum collections.

Life and work

Norfolk was born in Nigeria but was raised in England. Norfolk studied documentary photography at Newport College of Art.[2] He lives and works in Brighton & Hove and Kabul.[3][4]

Norfolk has won the Prix Dialogue de l'Humanite award at Rencontres d'Arles, multiple World Press Photo and Sony World Photography Awards,[5] the Foreign Press Club of America Award, European Publishers Award for Photography[6] and an Infinity Prize from International Center of Photography.[citation needed] In 2003 he was shortlisted for the Citibank Prize[7] (now known as the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize), and in 2013 he won the Prix Pictet Commission.[8] His works have been collected by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston[9] and Tate Modern, London.[10]

Books

Awards

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Collections

Norfolk's work is held in the following public collections:

References

  1. ^ "Simon Norfolk". Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  2. ^ a b Norfolk, Simon (23 October 2008). "Simon Norfolk's best shot". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Simon Norfolk: "Photography Has to Turn into a Moral Imperative" | Bleek Magazine". Bleek Magazine. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  4. ^ "SIMON NORFOLK – calamita/à". calamitaproject.com. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Simon Norfolk wins a portrait prize in World Press Photo". British Journal of Photography. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  6. ^ a b "Previous winners Archived 2015-02-15 at the Wayback Machine", European Publishers Award for Photography. Accessed 8 May 2014.
  7. ^ a b "London Photography Exhibitions". jfFrank. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  8. ^ a b c Norfolk, Simon (28 June 2013). "Prix Pictet: Simon Norfolk in Afghanistan". London: Financial Times. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  9. ^ a b "Search the Collection". Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  10. ^ a b "Simon Norfolk: born 1963". Tate Modern. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  11. ^ Searle, Adrian (4 February 2003). "Love and rockets". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  12. ^ "Past Recipients". International Center of Photography. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  13. ^ "1st place, Simon Norfolk, UK | World Photography Organisation". www.worldphoto.org (in Italian). Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  14. ^ "The Photographers Awards 2012". www.the-aop.org. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  15. ^ "Simon Norfolk: Body of Work". Prix Pictet. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  16. ^ "Simon Norfolk, UK, 1st Place | World Photography Organisation". www.worldphoto.org. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  17. ^ LensCulture, Simon Norfolk |. "When I Am Laid In Earth: Mapping with a Pyrograph - Interview with Simon Norfolk | LensCulture". LensCulture. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  18. ^ "2016 Winners | British Archaeological Awards". www.archaeologicalawards.com. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  19. ^ "For most of it I have no words", Amber Online. Archived by the Wayback Machine on 7 March 2016.
  20. ^ Searle, Adrian (4 February 2003). "Love and rockets". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  21. ^ Celebrating 50 Years of the Association of Photographers,' London, UK.
  22. ^ "The North Gate of Baghdad (After Corot)". International Center of Photography. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  23. ^ Norfolk, Simon (2003), The North Gate of Baghdad, retrieved 27 December 2017
  24. ^ Norfolk, Simon (2003), King Amanullah's 1919 Victory Arch at Paghman, retrieved 27 December 2017
  25. ^ "Henry Art Gallery".
  26. ^ "Thirty large format c-type colour prints by Simon Norfolk".
  27. ^ "Search". SFMOMA. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  28. ^ "ACM". www.cartermuseum.org. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  29. ^ "Search | LACMA". www.lacma.org. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  30. ^ "You searched for - Wolverhampton Arts & Culture". www.wolverhamptonart.org.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  31. ^ "Afghan refugees at Jalozai camp, Peshawar, Pakistan". Archived from the original on 29 December 2017.
  32. ^ "Large Hadron Collider No. 6, CERN Labs, Switzerland – Results – Search Objects – The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art". art.nelson-atkins.org. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  33. ^ "Date Grove, Haifa Street, Baghdad | Cleveland Museum of Art". www.clevelandart.org. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  34. ^ "The Bombed, Burned, and Looted Ministry of Planning, Baghdad | Milwaukee Art Museum". collection.mam.org. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  35. ^ "Portland Art Museum | Online Collections". www.portlandartmuseum.us. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  36. ^ "Results | Search Objects | George Eastman Museum". collections.eastman.org. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  37. ^ "Search - Hyman Collection - British Photography". www.britishphotography.org. Retrieved 28 December 2017.

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